NYPD Will Track Every Use of Force

The New York Police Department said on Thursday it plans to implement new guidelines that require every police officer to detail every incident where force is used in all encounters with the public beginning early next year. All uses of force, including baton blows, physical fights or mace spraying, will be tracked. Under the new guidleines, officers using (or witnessing) excessive force will face formal discipline, which could include dismissal. Officers are expected to not only track every physical encounter but also to justify their actions on the new form, known as the Force Incident Report. Some actions, including putting a person against a wall or drawing a weapon, are not counted in the analysis. The new system comes in the wake the violent apprehension of retired tennis star James Blake, who officers mistakenly took as a suspect, as well Eric Garner's death at the hands of police last summer.

It is important for officers to check a person and even if hands are in the pocket don't assume, they have a weapon in the pocket which has occurred many times and force was used. I think it will bring more changes and also the Mike Brown incident caused riots when he was shot and hope another incident does not happen this way, and the Baltimore incident caused race riots which caused more problems to occur in the process. I reckon that more lives can be saved as we can have the cops give reasons why they had to act this way, which can give answers to the people which does not occur in most cases.

This indeed is a good gesture! No doubt. If the citizens of a country are bound by rules and laws, the law enforcers should also be accountable for every action of theirs. This is true democracy!

The police will have to send many many hours filling out papers and less time enforcement. Result is that the police force will be getting larger and less efficient.

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May be too late , too late